Identical Treatment

Identical Treatment

In law, the concept that all persons deserve equal treatment regardless of circumstances. Identical treatment is almost never applied in practice; for example, minors generally cannot marry without parental consent. It should not be confused with equal treatment.

How far the custom of permitting a transgender person to self-identify one's gender (or other characteristics) extends is unclear, says Banzhaf, although strong arguments can be made for similar if not identical treatment.

The parents of a friend who fell ill in Bahrain insisted details of his treatment be relayed to a major clinic in a first world country, which reported that he was getting the identical treatment that he would "at home".

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